The Year of the Gadfly

A darkly witty mystery set at a New England prep school: “Part Dead Poets Society . Part Heathers . Entirely addictive” ( Glamour ).   “Do you know what it took for Socrates’ enemies to make him stop pursuing the truth?” “Hemlock.”   The fiercely competitive Mariana Academy was founded with a serious honor code; its reputation has been unsullied for decades. But now, a long-dormant secret society called Prisom’s Party seems to have reemerged, threatening the school’s placid halls with